If it is corrosion I believe the only thing that will help them is MS70, and thats liable to leave these with some wild colors.
I think that one should get a distilled water soak. and the other should get an acetone bath. Both would obviously get a q tip roll between...
Great photos as always!
@Collecting Nut the first three arrows from the bottom show the void between the surfaces, yes that usually means a die crack. But this image...
I think the idea is that an 8 Punch was grabbed first the 8 was punched and it was noticed to be the wrong number.
The first one shows some thickness to what ever is on the coin. PVC is also green.
Very neat Gorham. Definitely a retained cud.
Toning and improperly mixed alloy.
Hey @furham you were right. I would have never guessed that it was all lighting.
Please vote above and then below propose how you might conserve the surfaces. These and about 6 others came out of a roll of mixed wheats. These...
Thanks for chiming in Randy.
You will get it.
Much better photos, Those have luster, and show the cartwheel. I would grade that MS details because of the staple scratch across the face/ear....
I added a couple photos above.
They would be called a struck thru I believe. For example this coin below does not show any type of peeling at the edge of the surfaces. I would...
You would think that you see/get the earliest die stages first. I often find some of the best looking and early die stages last. Sometimes even...
Pam I probably asked it wrong and this I am sure would be open for debate. And I would expect to be corrected. If these are pieces of foreign...
Double like for this answer. I would call the two laminations on the reverse, these look more like they were struck into the coin, therefore what...
Beautiful portrait on that Trajan. What an eye pleasing coin.
I've seen some of your photos, when they are MS, they still show some cartwheel. I don't see any in the OP's photos. 5150 Here is cartwheel luster...
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